A ceremonial first train ran on the Turkish section of the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway corridor on July 19, carrying Minister of Transport, Maritime & Communication Ahmet Arslan as well as Georgia’s Minister of Economy and the CEOs of the national railways of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
ran will launch a railroad to Afghanistan in two weeks, an official with the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said.
Russian transportation vehicle manufacturing and engineering company Sinara Transport Machines will supply 17 locomotives to Iran in 2018, as part of a €24 million contract that has yet to be signed.
